On Monday, July 26th, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), and Christopher Molineaux, president of Pennsylvania Bio, were the hosts of a roundtable discussion on the new Therapeutic Discovery Project Program. This new program offers small biotech companies (less than 250 employees) a tax credit or grant to encourage investment in new medical therapies for life-changing diseases.
Schwartz was the leading House advocate for this opportunity for innovative small biotech businesses. As a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Schwartz urged House and Senate leadership to include this proposal in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
These grants and tax credits will help small biotech businesses in Southeastern Pennsylvania and across the country by providing them with much needed capital to bring their innovative and life-saving treatments to the marketplace. This program could lead to new therapies to treat patients living with chronic diseases and help reduce health care costs in the long term, as well as create thousands of American jobs.
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